Selecting Your Gold Earrings
Gold is considered a versatile metal that can be changed into any shape of bridal jewelry you desire. In fact, just an ounce of gold can be hammered into an extremely thin sheet measuring at ten feet square.
To note there are different Karats to gold and the higher the Karat number the higher the percentage of the gold in the jewelry. 24K are pure gold, 18K is 75% gold with 18 parts of gold and 6 parts of some other metal, 14K is the most common gold used in bridal earrings and has 58.3% gold with 14 parts of gold and 10 parts of other metal. 12K is 50% gold with 12 parts of gold and 12 parts of some other metal. 10K is the minimum Karat that can also be described as gold, although it has only 41.7% gold with 10 parts fold and 14 parts of other metal.
Gold earrings even your bridal earrings are not made of pure gold since pure gold can be soft, which is not practical for daily wear. Most of the time, bridal earrings would have been mixed with the gold so that it can heighten the durability of the earrings and lower the price at the same time.